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 Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:52 am
"I mean... Let's be honest. You weren't talkin' nothing about what happened before, and it felt weird to ask so... I got a bit nosy. You know what they say, that stuff is on the internet forever, so I had a peek. You really went all over, didn't you?" Lukas was more than happy to take the plate now, not waiting for Wyatt to come back over. It wasn't like he was expected to really wait, was he? ... Nah. "You've been through some real dung, man... And you've been dealing with that all on your own?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:31 pm
"You haven't exactly divulged anything about yourself, either.," Wyatt replied as he sat down across from Lukas. If Lukas thought he had an idea of who he was from all that, well, that was fine. The well of secrets went way deeper, but it wasn't something he could just say. And that lead to another thought - even if Lukas liked him, Wyatt couldn't even begin to consider the same. Those secrets - a whole 'nother side of his life - wouldn't let him. He couldn't drag someone in to that. He could not inflict the worry of himself getting hurt in battle on a loved one. He knew how consuming that was from experience - and they had been on the same side even! Wyatt shook off those sullen thoughts and continued, "Yeah, kind of just had to get away from it all. It makes you realize just how crazy DC really is." Everywhere else, despite the overwhelming stink of Chaos looming in the periphery of his senses, was ironically calm. "I would have stayed at the ranch if they'd let me," He shrugged, cutting his chicken, "I miss the horses. They don't go cyber stalking." Wyatt's tone there was at least teasing. and he may have had a bit of a smirk as rosey eyes cast a quick glace at the other man. He really did miss the ranch though. Despite the drama it had ended in, it had been a taste of normality and calm that he had wanted.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:34 am
"You've never exactly asked either. Though I'll admit, I don't talk about myself. It just doesn't seem right to at times. People go through so much, and it seems like here, specifically, people like to talk about themselves. I just figure, let them. If it helps, that's what matters. I can keep my sad tragic backstory to myself." Lukas stabbed some of the mashed potatoes with his fork, but it didn't exactly do anything. They were too finely mashed to stab a thing or two. The stabbing slowly became a steady mixing, combining bits and pieces all across his plate into one weird mash as he thought. "I don't blame you for that either. I'm not exactly from around here, and it's... Strange. To say the least. And hey, Horses don't cyber stalk, but they also can't hug you and hold you all nice and warm now, can they?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:58 am
"Well, I can say from experience that those who don't talk about it generally have a reason not to, so in your own time and way it'll come." Not to be taken that he wasn't interested in knowing, just that he wasn't going to push, and was contented to let Lukas do it in his own way. Wyatt's way had been the odd deprecating comment here and there, which had probably just whetted Lukas' apatite to know, in hindsight. "Horses have their own means of comforting, and safe to say I've made it a concerted effort to avoid being physical with anyone.....but then, well, here you are." And what was tragic about it was that Wyatt's receiving love-language was physical affection. It was something he'd been notably unhealthy about trying to receive in the past though. As far as his giving love-language well...food and a more distant 'taking care' of others while maybe appearing to be more aloof than he really was, was it. Speaking of taking care.... "So, that tower - it doesn't exactly seem cozy. And I meant what I said earlier about helping to fix it. I guess it's kinda my fault you're up there in the first place..." There would be a lot of mental labor to be done before actual work could begin, and luckily they had the better part of the summer left to do so. Wyatt could happily floor plan, come up with a means to get additional power and at least enough water for a sink up there, and budget. Offer Lukas use of his truck for supplies... There was plenty of cutting work that could be done on the ground too, if they didn't figure out a way to forgo all those damn stairs. Something. Wyatt enjoyed planning, even the math parts. The mental challenge was fun. Not to be confused with being mentally challenged.  Kapoodles fixed some things to make sense. My brain herp derp.
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:57 pm
"I gotta ask then. Is holdin' you all that bad? Should I not bother?" Whatever smile Lukas had seemed to fade, a little sadder, a little less hopeful. He wanted to cling to Wyatt, to let him know he was there, but he wasn't about to keep giving his attention to someone who didn't want it at all. That would be a waste of both their times, would eventually lead to an unhealthy obsession as it had happened not all that long ago. As much as Lukas was willing to wait, he wasn't one to simply work on something that would benefit no one. "If you want to help me fix it, then you'd have to come visit me more. If you don't want that, if you want to keep whatever is developing here to stop, best to not give me any hope at all. Doesn't mean I'll stop feelin' for you as I do now, but... You know... Distance would be best. And I ain't one to keep avoiding topics."
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:59 pm
Wyatt let out a long sigh. "I'm not giving it a hard 'no,' but dude, you know I've got some real personal s**t I'm trying to sort out so.. I guess I'm just asking for some patience. Nice an' slow an-" Wyatt paused for a minute as he thought of a way to explain. "You know how when you pick up a feral animal off the street, and you have to like...rehabilitate it? Yeah. Like you're not gonna be petting that kitten right away." Wyatt was certainly a lot more prickly than a kitten but...maybe the claws were the same. "But yeah like, I do wanna help you out too and it'll let me get to know you a bit cause like I said - I really don't know that much about you yet." From where Wyatt stood, it was reasonable...reasonable enough that Lukas wouldn't get mad or huffy. There was still that nagging thought of 'but you've got a whole 'nother secret side that you can't get him involved in,' but...well he wasn't willing to put down a definite 'no.' There was a part of him that simply didn't want to.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:33 am
Lukas simply nodded, starting to understand better just what he was supposed to expect. Not the world all at once, but bits and pieces. Assembling their little world together block by block... Yeah. He could do that. "Alrighty then. I'll hold you to that. And you hold me to that too, okay? If I'm going too fast, if I'm getting to be too much, let me know." He wouldn't say he was a saint with patience and what not, but he was as good as he could be, and his best was all he could afford to do. Besides, he was more than certain Wyatt would keep with that promise of beating him with a cane should he step too far. The explanation was enough to earn his appetite back, and he returned to scarfing down the food as neatly as he could. "If you got an idea, let me know. I ain't much for designing things. Can do the work, but can't vision the idea, you know?"
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:38 am
"Lucky for you, Thinking, planning, scheming," he smirked, "Is my forte."
Did he get off on it? Oh most definitely.
The evening would end with plans and promises and perhaps a little hope on the horizon.
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